Being caught in the media headlights is something Annie Leibovitz is familiar with. Just a few months ago, her image of partially clad 15-year-old Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus caused a brouhaha, while her snap of a pregnant Demi Moore for Vanity Fair in 1991 continues to divide opinion. To some, she's savvy and calculating, fully aware of shock factor.

Miley Cyrus performed at the Zootopia festival Miley Cyrus has been keeping a low-key profile since the controversy over the Vanity Fair pictures, but took time out over the weekend to play at New York radio station’s Z100’s annual Zootopia festival. In an interview before the 15-year-old took to the stage on Saturday night, she […]

Hugh Hefner would feature an older Miley Cyrus in Playboy Playboy tycoon Hugh Hefner has reportedly said he would feature Disney star Miley Cyrus in the infamous mag when she’s older. “Sure, she’d be welcomed in the magazine,” he told Extra. “Very pretty lady.” The Hannah Montana teen star is currently laying low after a […]

BBC One controller Peter Fincham has resigned BBC One controller Peter Fincham has resigned in the wake of the controversy over a trailer for a documentary about the Queen. Fincham wrongly told journalists the trailer for A Year With The Queen showed the monarch “walking out in a huff”. He was forced to go after […]

BBC One controller Peter Fincham has resigned over Queen documentary BBC One controller Peter Fincham has resigned in the wake of the controversy over a trailer for a documentary about the Queen. Fincham wrongly told journalists that the trailer for A Year With The Queen showed the monarch “walking out in a huff”. He was […]

The BBC announces a suspension of all phone-in competitions The BBC has suspended all phone-in competitions after uncovering a string of viewer deceptions involving Children In Need, Comic Relief and Sports Relief. All three charity appeal programmes featured fake competition winners. Shows on the World Service, children’s channel CBBC and radio station 6 Music also […]

Mark Thompson is facing members of the BBC Trust BBC director-general Mark Thompson is facing members of the BBC Trust to explain how its trailer for a documentary about the Queen turned into a royal fiasco. The Trust, led by chairman Sir Michael Lyons, has asked Mr Thompson to provide an account of what went […]

Mark Thompson has urged staff to report any ‘lapses’ The BBC is bracing itself for revelations about two new potential phone-in scandals, it has been reported. Daytime antiques show Flog It! has also been accused of wrongly editing some of its footage. The incidents came to light after BBC director-general Mark Thompson urged staff to […]

Mark Thompson has urged staff to report any ‘lapses’ The BBC is bracing itself for revelations about two new potential phone-in scandals, it has been reported. Daytime antiques show Flog It! has also been accused of wrongly editing some of its footage. The incidents came to light after BBC director-general Mark Thompson urged staff to […]

BBC trailer appeared to show the Queen ‘in a huff’ Production company RDF Media has accepted blame for the BBC fiasco in which the Queen was wrongly accused of storming out of a sitting with photographer Annie Leibovitz. In an email to BBC director-general Mark Thompson, RDF’s chief executive David Frank said the company was […]

Bit fishy: Gordan Ramsay failed to catch anything on the fishing expedition An episode of Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word which appeared to show him spearing sea bass off the English coast was faked, Channel 4 has admitted. The celebrity chef headed into the sea to bag some bass for a beach barbecue in one […]

Blood Diamond star Leonardo DiCaprio has headed to Iceland to front the Green Issue of the lastest edition of Vanity Fair. The actor posed at the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, in southeast Iceland and then was photoshopped alongside little baby polar bear, Knut, who was photographed in Berlin Zoo. In the feature, the 32-year-old highlights the […]

Jennifer could be the first African American singer on the cover of Vogue It seems Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson is to become the first African-American singer to appear on the cover of Vogue. The former American Idol contestant posed for famed photographer Annie Leibovitz for the fashion bible’s March issue, reports website Contactmusic.com. The 25-year-old […]

Becks turns fairytale prince for Disney David Beckham’s growing profile in the US was given another boost today with the launch of an ad campaign depicting the pricey soccer star as a dragon-slaying prince. Shot by world-renowned snapper Annie Leibovitz, the 31-year-old’s latest makeover as Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty is one of three images […]

‘Over the past 18 months I’ve been coming to terms with and seeking to cope with a drink problem, and I’ve come to learn through that process that a drink problem is a serious problem indeed. It’s serious for yourself and it’s serious for those around you. I’ve sought professional help and I believe today […]

Her delayed appearance sparked a raft of conspiracy theories. But now the gossips should be satisfied as Tom Cruise has finally released pictures of his daughter Suri â 22 pages of them, in fact. The Mission Impossible star posed for photographer Annie Leibovitz with Suri, now five months old, and his fiancée Katie Holmes for […]